I need to install an older version of x11-libs/bamf package , as you can see below there are different versions available I want to install 0.5.0[2], but it always go to 9999 version using "emerge bamf" i even used "emerge bamf-0.5.2" but no luck, how can I tell the portage which version I need?
USER ~ # eix bamf
* x11-libs/bamf
Available versions:
(0) ~0.3.6-r200[1] 0.5.0[2] (**)9999[2]
(3) (~)0.3.6-r300[1]
{doc +introspection static-libs}
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/bamf
Description: BAMF Application Matching Framework
[1] "angelos" /var/lib/layman/angelos
[2] "elementary" /var/lib/layman/elementary
Best Answer
You need to add
=
at the beginning of the package name, so tryYou can also add a line to
/etc/portage/package.mask
in order to prevent emerge installing higher version: